Show Y tw 1 b d t a 0 0 SOME OF UINTAH HIGHS HIGH'S wrestlers practice holds during wrestling practice Sports Flashbacks Uintah won its first wrestling crown in 1958 Wrestling has always been a popular and successful sport at Uintah High School The Uintah Utes have enjoyed many state championships In 1958 wrestling was as strong as ever at Uintah High School A story printed word for word from the Vernal Express of January 16 1 1958 58 follows CRAIG WRESTLERS FAIL APPEAR TO BUT UHS STAGES FAST SQUAD INTRA-SQUAD TilE THE UINTAH Utes wrestling squad put on an squad intra-squad duet for the fans Saturday evening The Utes were disappointed appointed by the failure of Craig Colorado to make an appearance for their scheduled meet but the fans were treated to a fine show as the Utes squared off in in their squad intra matches The advantage of weight was evident in several matches but all the boys were pretty well matched and the evening was spiced with fast fas action TilE THE UTES' UTES Coach Maughn Colton explained and demonstrated demonstrated demonstrated demon demon- the art and system of scoring h high gh s school hool wrestling and is to be complimented on turning out put an outstanding team at t Uintah I H I 9 1 r EVENTS David Bennion Lynn 3 3 0 0 Robert Frees Freestone tone Dwight Roberts 1381 1 TIllS THIS WAS a very close match and saw the boys wrestle two one minute time over-time periods Freestone made his single point in the second time over-time period Dee Ross Jim Lube 9 9 5 This match was full of speed and saw both boyS bays nearly pinned Lube had Ross on the mat and very near pinned twice in the 2nd round In the 3rd round Ross had Lube close to a apin apin apin pin as the round ended lion HOB CALDWELL Reese Heese Barlett 3 3 1 Butch Boren pinned Arvin Billings 98 1 minute 27 se seconds of 3rd round The two small boys put on match and showed a lot of speed The weight and strength of Boren was too much for the lighter Billings Dennis Hacking Hatch 12 2 L LYLE U Leon 3 3 0 O. This was one of the finest m matches of of the evening as the boys displayed a lot of speed and skill Southam is one of or the Utes' Utes top wrestlers and has shown up very well in matches at other schools Billy Murray OM pinned Larry Cook 1 minute 30 seconds of 2nd round Ronnie Lewis Jim Baxendale unlimited 3 3 0 TI TIllS THIS WAS the f of the evening which pitted the Utes' Utes two undefeated heavier men against each other The speed and agility enabled Lewis to chalk up points against Baxendale Both wrestlers were in excellent physical condition and stamina along with fine spirit and ability The show gave the Ute fans a first hand look at the team which will represent Uintah at atthe atthe atthe the State Wrestling Tour Tour- The Utes can be considered con con- a top lop contender for team honors and have several men who should walk away with individual class championships UINTAH HAD their opponent show up the next week and the Utes turned out the winner Part of the article about the outcome of the wrestling meet appears The entire article appeared in the Vernal Express on January 23 1958 UINTAH WRESTLERS BEAT WASATCH HIGH IN SQUAD INTRA-SQUAD DUEL AT UHS UHS' JANUARY 15 The Uintah High School wrestling t team am turned in an impressive win over Wasatch in a special af af afternoon infra squad intra squad d' d duel J el at I Uin ary 5 1 TilE THE TOUGH Uintah grapplers grapplers grapplers grap- grap walked to an impressive 40 5 40 5 team victory in dumping last years year's state champions from Heber City Wasatch has chalked up an impressive record during the season against teams in the Provo and Salt Lake area and the win for Uintah does much to raise their rating as contenders for top billing for championship consideration consideration con con- this year Coach Leo Conk was given fine compliments by the Wasatch coach for fielding such sucha a tough team and several of the Ute wrestlers were praised by bythe bythe bythe the Wasatch squad Uintah lost only one match and saw Hatch hold Watson to a draw Watson was last years year's state champ for forthe forthe forthe the Wasatch team in his weight division IN TilE THE preliminary bouts Uintah defeated Wasatch by a score of 24 3 24 3 as several of the younger boys turned in fine performances for future competition Later in the year the Uintah High School wrestlers won the first state wrestling crown for their school This was only the first of nine state wrestling crowns for Uintah Uintah won the title again in 1959 Uintah had to wait eight years until the third title was won in 1968 under the direction of coach Dennis With Dennis as ashead ashead ashead head coach the Utes won six straight titles from 1968 to 1972 The Utes did not finish in first place in 1974 but in id 1975 with Dennis as their coach they won the 3 A 3 A State Stale Wrestling Tournament Lc eUINTAH UINTAH WRESTLERS work on various holds during practice |